If little green men land in your back yard, hide any little green women you've got in the house.
The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of a playlist is to surround yourself with your favorite things, and the interesting thing is that when you do that, they cease to be your favorites.